Wall-paper exhibitor.



PATEN'TED JUNE 6, 1905.

s. s. RQS'ZELL. WALL PAPER EXHIBITOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2. 1903.

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f lvwemtoz Y Witnesses 5 H0144 ag- PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905.

WALL PAPER EXHIBITOR. APPLICATION PILE D JA; 2. 1903.-

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2'0 hung upon the walls and ceiling of a room,

No. 791,652. i

- UNITED STATEs STEPHEN s. ROSZELL, OF'LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

Patented June 6, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.-

WALL- APER EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,652, dated June 6, 1905.

Application filed Januari'y 2,1903. Serial No. 137,616.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. ROSZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wall-Paper Exhibitors, of

which the following is a specification.

effect, a dado effect, and, indeed, any of the' My invention relates to improvements in 1 wall-paper exhibitors, and has for its obj ect the production of' a device so constructed that the paper can be arranged or supported in the position which it assumes upon the walls and ceiling of a room, whereby anustomer will be able to see the paper exactly as it will appear when it is hung upon the wall and ceiling of a room.

A further object of theri'nvention is to so construct the device that it is adapted to display all of the various styles of hanging the paper just exactly as it would appear when for instance, a dropceiling effect, a border other and various styles of hanging paper.

A still further. object of the device is to enable the paper'to be readily exhibited to the customer before it is arranged as'it will appear on the wall, and after the customer has selected certain paper as seems suitable then it can be quickly arranged in any of the desired styles or effects just exactly as it will appear upon the walls and ceiling of'the room, which will enable the customer to then determine whether the paper is exactly what is wanted. I Y

The device is also soconstructed that it is adapted to be quickly knocked down or taken. apart and quickly set up for use and may be made of any desired width or height. Preferably it will be made of such a height that when the customer is seated the paper will be exhibited just exactly as it will appear upon the walls and ceiling of a room.

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my invention, showing it dressed or, in other words, with the paper arranged thereon with a border effect. Fig. 2 is a front perspective view showing the View of the device undressed.

of the clamping members carried by the opposite ends of the tape.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates two vertically-arranged standards having at their'lower ends suitable bases 2, which form ranged thereon and showing its details of supporting feet therefor. Connecting the 7 lower ends of these standards is the cross-bar 3,'the ends of which are secured to the said standards through the medium of bolts and thumb-nuts 4, whereby thesaid cross-bar can be readily attached and detached from the standards. Uniting the upper ends of the standards is a cross-bar 5, having its ends connected in suitable slots or openings made in the said standards and also through the medium ofsuitable bolts and thumb-nuts 6.

"The standards 1 may be of any desired height, but preferably are about six and one.

half feet high. Projecting outward and preferably at an inclination from the standards .near their upper ends is what may be aptly termed a ceiling-frame 7. This frame is.

essentially U-shaped in contour and has its inner ends loosely mortised in the said standards. This ceiling-frame is supported in its roper position by suitable hooks 8, which have their upper. ends connected with the upper ends of the standards 1 and their lower ends adapted to catch over suitable screws, pins, or projections 9, projecting from the sides of the said ceiling-frame 7.

Extending longitudinal the framework and arranged in a horizontal position at the rear side thereof is a trough 9 and this trough is supported upon suitable rearwardly projecting standards 10. The object of this trough is to receive the rolls of paper which are to be exhibited upon the device ina manner'to be more particularly explained hereinafter. Projecting rearwardly from one of the said standards 1 and at a point above the device undressed or without the paper arsaid. trough 9 is a combined shelf and box'll,

the object of which is to receive rolls of border-paper, which will be arranged upon the device in a manner to be presently explained.

Vertically-arranged slots 12 are formed in the standards 1 just below the upper crossbar 5, and these slots receive the opposite ends of a guidebar 14. This guide-bar 14 is provided with an elongated longitudinallyarranged slot 15, which extends from one standard to the other, as clearly illustrated. The guide-bar 14 is vertically adustable in the slots 12 for a purpose to be ereinafter described.

Arranged just below the upper cross-bar is a rod 16, which has its ends connected with Y and supported by the standards 1, and the ebject of this bar is to pass the ceiling-paper thereover from the rear side, which will be more fully explained hereinafter. Projecting rearwardly from the standards 1 and opposite the slots 12 are U-shaped clamping members or rods 17 for the purpose of clamping the border-paper. Located at the lower ends of the standards are similarly-constructed U-shaped clamping rods or bars 18 for the purpose of receiving and clamping the dadopaper when that effect is to be exhibited. The parallel or stem portions of these clamping-rods 17 and 18 pass through the standards 1 and receive suitable clamping thumbnuts 19, whereby the paper may be clamped and released.

A suitable frame 20, U-shaped in form, has its ends pivotally connected to the inner sides of the standards 1 at the points 21, and this I frame is covered with canvas or other similar material 22. By means of braces orhooks 23, extending from the cross-bar 3, this frame can be supported in the position showninFig. 2, or it can be permitted to drop down to avertical position between the standards and at a point inside of their outer edges.

In operation when the paper is to be exhibited to a customer, the rolls will be placed in the trough 9 and the paper pulled down over the extended apron 22, which will enable the customer to select a form of paper, border, or dado, according to the particular style of finish desired. After the customer. has selected the paper and it is desired to see it as it will appear when hung upon the wall and ceiling of a room the apron 22 is permitted to fall to a vertical position between the standards 1. The rolls of wall and ceiling paper are then placed in the trough 9, and if a drop-ceiling effect is to be produced the wallpaper is passed through the slot 15 and the paper permitted to drop down and is passed under the lower bar 3. The ceiling is also passed 1 through the slot 15 and carried upward and in rear of the rod 16 and brought thereoverv and between the side bars of the ceilingframe 7, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Then the person seated in a chair will be able to 0bserve the effect of a drop-ceiling with the pa per which has been selected.

Should it be desired to produce a border effect, the wall-paper is passed through the slot 15, as before described, and dropped down and passed around the bar 3, while the ceiling-paper is not passed through the slot 15, but is passed upward and around over the rod 16 and over the ceiling-frame 7. Then the border-rolls are placed in the shelf and box 11, and the border is passed through one of the clamps 17, drawn horizontally across just above the wall-paper, and passed through the clamp at the other side and clamped therein. Then a border effect is produced.

Should a dado effect be desired, the wallpaper will be arranged as before described, and whether a border or a ceiling effect is to be produced above that can be arranged. as before explained, and if a dado effect is to be added thereto or to be exhibited with any desired style of upper finish the dado-paper is passed through the clamps 18 and drawn horizontally across the frame, as will be readily understood.

The object of having the guide-bar 14 vertically adjustable is to adapt the device to any desired width of border. The bar when at the lower end of the slot 12 will admit of the widest border, and as it is moved upward it will be adapted to the narrower border and to suit the conditions being exhib ited.

By means of a device of the character herein described it will be readily understood that wall-paper can be arranged thereon to give the effect of any desired style of hang; ing, and it is needless to enumerate the various styles now being used.

While I have described the device as particularly adapted for exhibiting wall-paper, it will be readily understood that it can. be used for exhibiting other lines of goods and can be arranged in a window or other desired location without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

The means here shown for effecting the vertical adjustment of the bar 14 consists of pins or bolts 30, which pass through )erforations made in the standards 1 and the ends of the bar 14.

The molding 32 is held at the desired point by supports 31, which are adapted to be inserted into the opening into which the bolts 30 pass, and thus the molding can be raised or lowered when the bar 14 is raised or lowered or independent of the same. The said molding can also be entirely removed. When desired, a molding can be supported from the under side of the outer end of the ceiling-frame 7, as indicated, for instance, at 33, which forms a guide and support for preventing the wall-paper from sagging.

The outer end of the ceiling-frame 7 is prosecured to the roller.

end secured to said roda'nd the opposite end ency of the spring is to wind the tapes on the roller.

said slots 35, and also carrying means for clamping the ceiling-paper. The said clamping members 36 are composed of an u per and lower thin strip 36 and 36 which ave their ends within the slots 35, and passing through said strips adjacent their ends are bolts 37, which carry thumb-nuts 38, and thus the two members are clamped together and the wall-paper held between the same. Connecting said clamping member and roller are a series of straps 37, which by means of the spring-roller draw the clamping member outwardly, and thus all of the paper supported by the clamping member is drawn outwardly and ti htened, thus saving time and trouble of tig tening each strip of paper separately, which would otherwise be necessary. The lower ends of the standards 1 are provided with a roller 38, which is similar to the roller 34, carried by the frame 7, and carries the straps 39, which carry at their outer end the clampin member 40, which slides in the slots 12, earned by the standards 1. The

said clamping member 40 also carries means by which the paper can be clamped therebe-' tween similar to that carried by the clamping member 36, and thus all of the widths of wall-paper are drawn downward and held tight, so that it will have the general eifect of paper afterit has been hung.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described,

comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said sup ort, and a horizontal cross-bar having a horlzontal lon itudinallyeXtending slot therein and through which the wall and ceiling paper is adapted to pass.

2.-A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged. member carried by the upper end of said support, and a horizontal vertically-adjustable cross-bar having a horizontal longitudinally-extending slot therein and through which the wall and ceiling paper is adapted to pass.

3. A device of the character describedslot therein through which the wall-paper passes and by means of which it is supported Thus the normal tend- The inner sides of said frame 7 are provided with slots 35, which carry a clamp- I ing member 36, which is adapted to slide in in a vertical position, a transverse bar adverse bar, and guide-bar, together with the ceiling-paper support adapted to support the ceiling-paper in a vertical and laterally-arianged position .to produce a drop-ceiling efect.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a horizontal y arranged cross bar vertically adjustable in respect to the verticallyarranged support and adapted to support the wall-paper in a vertical position at various heights, a laterally-arranged member at the upper end of the support ada ted to support the ceiling-paper in a relative y arranged lateral position, substantially as 'described.

5. A device of the character described, comprising avertically-arrangedsupport provided with a horizontal guide member vertically adjustable in respect thereto, the said guide member consisting of parallel portions,

the upper ortion of the support adapted to receive an support the ceiling-paper in a relatively lateral position, substantially as described.

6. A device of the character described, comprisingavertically-arranged supporthaving a horizontal member having an elongated slot through which the wall-paper is adapted to pass, and-by which it is supported in a vertical position, a laterally-extending member at the upper end thereof and adapted to support the ceiling-paper in a relatively laterally arranged position, and spring-rollers carried by the lower end of said vertically-arran ed support and the outer end of said laterallyextending member, and means for connecting the paper to its respective roller.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support having oppositely-arranged vertical slots, a horizontal member movable in said slots and over i which the paper passes, a laterally-extending member at the upper end thereof, and having op ositely-arranged horizontal slots, aspringrol er carried by the outer end of said member, a clamping member slidable in said slots I and having means for clamping the paper therebetween, strapsconnecting said clamping member and spring-roller, a spring-roller carried by the lower end of said vertical frame, a clamping member slidable in said vertical slots and having means for clamping the paper and straps connecting said clamping member and said roller, substantially asdescribed. 7

8. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said support, and a horizontal cross-bar carried by the support and having a horizontal slot through which the ceiling and wall paper is adapted to pass.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said support, a horizontal vertically-adjustable cross-bar carried by the support having a slot through which the wall and ceiling paper is adapted to pass, and a vertically-adjustable molding carried by said support.

10. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the up per end of said su port, a horizontallyarranged roller carrie bythe outer end of said lateral member, a roller carried by the lower end of said vertically-arranged support, a horizontally-arranged bar .carried by the support and having a horizontal slot through which the wall and ceiling paper is adapted to pass, and means carried by the rollers for securing the paper thereto.

11. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the up per end of said support, a spring-roller carried by the lower end of said vertically-arranged support, a roller carried by the outer end of said lateral member, straps passing around said rollers, clamping members carried by said straps, and a transverse member carried by said support and having a slot through which the ceiling and wall paper passes.

12. A device of the characterdescribed, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a spring-roller carried by the lower end of said support, a laterallyarranged member carried by the upper end of said support, aspringroller carried by the outer end of said lateral member, separate straps wound upon said rollers, a separate clamping member carried by the straps of each roller, and a transverse vertically-adjustable member carried by the vertically-arranged support and having a horizontal slot through which the wall and ceiling paper passes.

13. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end. of said support, a transverse bar carried by the upper end of said support adjacent the said lateral member, and a second transverse verticallyadjustable bar below the first bar and having a horizontal slot through which the wall and ceiling paper passes.

14. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a

laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said support, a transverse bar carried. by the support ad acent the lateral member, a second transverse verticallyadjustable bar having a slot through which the ceiling-paper and wall-paper is adapted to pass, a horizontal paper holding trough adjacent said adjustable bar, and means carried by the outer end of said lateral member for securing the paper thereto.

15. A device of the character described, comprising a verticallyarranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said support, a roller carried by the outer end of said member, a slidable clamping member carriedv by said lateral member, a stationary bar carried by the support adjacent the laterally-extending member, a vertically-adjustable bar having a longitudinallv extending opening therein carried bysaid support, and avertically-inovab]e clamping membercarried by said support.

16. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said support, and a horizontal vertically-adjustable cross-bar carried by the support and having a slot through which the wall and ceiling paper is adapted to pass.

17. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-extending frame carried by the up per end, a transverse bar carried by said support below the laterally-extending member, a vertically-adjustable cross-bar carried by said support below the transverse bar and having a slot through which the ceiling and wall paper is adapted to pass, a paper-receiving trough adjacent said adjustable bar, a second paper-receiving trough above the first trough and a pivoted frame carried by said support below the adjustable bar.

18. A device of the character described, comprising a verticallyarranged support composed of vertical standards having oppositely-arranged slots on their inner sides, a spring-roller between said standards adjacent the lower end, straps wound upon said roller, a clamping member carried by said straps and vertically movable in said oppositely-arranged slots, a vertically-adjustable cross-bar in said slots above the clamping member and having a horizontal slot through which the wall and ceiling paper is adapted to pass, a laterally-extending member carried by the upper end of said standards and composed of side bars having slots in their inner sides, a spring-roller carried by the outer end of said lateral member, straps wound upon said roller, and a clamping member sliding in said slots and secured to the straps.

19. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-arranged support, a laterally-arranged member carried by the upper end of said support, and a horizontal vertically-adjustable cross-bar carried by the support and adapted to support the Wallpaper and the ceiling-paper.

20. A device of the character described, 7

comprising a vertically-arranged support having a horizontal member adapted to sup port the Wall-paper in a vertica position, a spring-roller carried by the lower ends of said vertically-arranged su port, a laterally-extending member at t e upper end of said support and adapted to su port the ceilingpaper in a relatively latera y arranged position, a spring-roller carried by the outer end of said laterally-extending member and means for attaching the paper to its respective roller. I

Witnesses.

STEPHEN S. ROSZELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK GILMORE, W. R. MILWARD, Jr. 

